Wellness Toolkit & Resources

Civil Legal Services

• Iowa Legal Aid

  • Regional Office: 607 Sycamore St. Ste 206, Waterloo

  • 1-800-532-1275

Family Services & Child Care Assistance

• Iowa Child Care Resources and Referral

  • NE Iowa Region 2 office at EPI: 3675 University Ave., Waterloo

  • 800-475-0804

  • childcare@episervice.org

• Iowa Department of Human Services

  • Black Hawk County HHS: 1407 Independence Ave. #2, Waterloo

  • 319-291-2441

• Tri-County Head Start

  • 840-844 W. 4th St., Waterloo

  • 319-235-0383

Domestic Abuse Services

• National Domestic Violence Hotline

  • ​1-800-410-SAFE (7233)

  • Text "START" to 88788

  • Live chat available

  • Video phone: 855-812-1001

  • National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline: 866-311-9474

  • StrongHearts Helpline (for Native Americans and Alaska Natives): ​844-762-8483

• Friends of the Family (Iowa)

  • ​Victim Services Hotline: 319-352-0037

  • Waypoint Call Center: 833-739-0065

• Black Hawk County info​

• Iowa Victim Service Call Center

  • 1-800-770-1650

  • Text IOWAHELP to 20121

• ​Deaf Iowans Against Abuse (DIAA)

  • VP/Voice: 319-382-3078

  • Hotline VP/Voice: 319-531-7719

  • Help@DIAAIowa.org
    Crisis Text Line Only: 515-661-4015

• Riverview Center (Eastern Iowa)

  • Waterloo office: 2055 Kimball Ave. #355

    • 319-939-9599

  • Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline (24/7/365): 888-557-0310​

• Waypoint Services

  • 319-365-1458

  • 1-800-208-0388

• Seeds of Hope

  • 2055 Kimball Ave #355, Waterloo

  • (319) 272-1400

Medical Care

• Partnership for Prescriptions Assistance

  • 888-477-2669

• Peoples Community Health Clinic

  • Sliding Fee Scale, Insurance, Title 19

  • 905 Franklin St., Waterloo

  • 319-874-3000

• UnityPoint Clinic Express

  • 1000 Brandilynn Blvd., Cedar Falls

    • 319-553-0828

LGBTQ+ Clinics

• UnityPoint Clinic LGBTQ-Prairie Parkway

  • 5100 Prairie Pkwy Ste 300, Cedar Falls, IA 50613

  • (319) 222-2710

STI/HIV Testing

• UNI Student Health Clinic

• Black Hawk County Health Department

  • 1407 Independence Ave. #5, Waterloo (5th Floor)

  • 319-291-2413

Women's Health Clinics

• Allen Women's Health Clinics

  • Sliding Fee Scale, Insurance, Title 19

  • Waterloo Location
    233 Vold Dr., Waterloo
    319-235-5090

  • Independence Location
    Buchanan County Health Center
    1600 1st St. East, Independence
    319-334-7005

• Covenant Women’s Health

  • Sliding Fee Scale, Insurance, Title 19

  • Covenant Midwives and Women's Health Center
    432 King Drive, Waterloo
    319-272-8200

Crisis Lines

• National Suicide Prevention Line

  • 800-273-TALK (8255)

  • Text Line-24 hours: 741741

• Statewide Crisis Line (Foundation 2 Crisis Center): 1-800-332-4224

• Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988 (call or text)

• Your Life Iowa (YLI) 24/7

  • Text TALK to 855-895-8398

  • Call 855-581-8111

  • Online Chat

  • Help for College Students

LGBTQ+ specific​

• The Trevor Project

  • Crisis intervention and suicide prevention phone service available 24/7/365

  • Call 1-866-488-7386

  • Text START to 678-678

  • Online chat

• Trans Lifeline

  • Call 1-877-565-8860

  • TRANS: Togetherness + Really Awesome Non-Normative Support: Discord community

• Thrive Hotline

  • Text "THRIVE" to 313-662-8209 (24/7/365)

• LGBT National Hotline

  • Call 888-843-4564 (Mon - Fri: 1pm - 10pm, Sat: 11am-4pm central time)

• Call BlackLine®

  • LGBT Black Femme Lens, prioritizes BIPOC

  • 1-800-604-5841

  • Text line available via BlackLine app

• Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD)

  • A 100% queer & trans Muslim support line

  • Call 71-QTM-INARA (Friday and Saturday 5pm-11pm central time)

• Desi LGBTQ Helpline

  • South Asian LGBTQ+ peer support helpline run by trained South Asian peer support volunteers

  • Call 908-FOR-DEQH (Thursdays and Sundays from 7-9pm central time)

Dental Care

• Peoples Community Health Clinic

  • Sliding Fee Scale, Insurance, Title 19

  • 905 Franklin St., Waterloo

  • 319-874-3000

Food Services

• List of Food Pantries, Community Meals, and Other Services Updated by NEIFB​

• Northeast Iowa Food Bank

  • 1605 Lafayette St., Waterloo

  • 319-235-0507​

Housing

• Cedar Valley Hospitality House

  • 1003 Mulberry St, Waterloo

  • 9am-4pm, Monday-Friday

  • 319-234-1311

  • cvhospitalityhouse@hotmail.com

  • Warming Center

    • 1022 West 5th Street, Waterloo

    • December-March: 8pm-7am

• Friends of the Family

  • Housing Services Hotline: 319-233-3094

• Love INC.

  • 319-266-1264

    • ​Calls must be made Monday-Friday; 9 a.m.-noon​

• St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Worker House

  • 321 E. 8th St., Waterloo

  • 319-232-2116

  • rosequirk@mchsi.com

Mental Health Care

• UnityPoint Health – Mental Health Walk-In Clinic

  • 212 West Dale Street Suite 100 (Waterloo)

  • 319-226-2106

• Black Hawk Grundy Mental Health

  • Black Hawk or Grundy residents only. Sliding Fee Scale, Insurance, Title 19

  • 3251 W 9th St., Waterloo

  • 319-234-2893 or 800-583-1526

• LGBTQ+ (and specifically: trans-affirming) affirming therapists

  • Summer Elliott, LMFT

  • Josie Jones, LMSW

  • Chad Mohammad, LISW

  • Gus Raymond, tLMHC, CADC, NCC

• Peoples Community Health Clinic

  • Sliding Fee Scale, Insurance, Title 19

  • 905 Franklin St., Waterloo

  • 319-874-3000

• Covenant Clinic Psychiatry

  • Insurance, Title 19

  • 2750 St Francis Dr., Waterloo

  • 319-272-8922

• Covenant Psychiatry – Cedar Falls

  • 2808 Orchard Dr., Cedar Falls

  • 319-268-9700

• Covenant Family Solutions

  • 3812 Cedar Heights Dr, Cedar Falls

  • 888-336-9661

• Psychiatric Associates

  • Insurance, Title 19

  • 146 West Dale St., Waterloo

  • 319-233-3351

• Families First

  • Insurance, Title 19

  • 111 Plaza Circle, Waterloo

  • 319-433-0395

Substance Use & Addiction

• Alcoholics Anonymous

• Narcotics

• Sobriety Tracker

• Support Meetings

  • List of Cedar Valley Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings

  • List of Cedar Valley Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings

• Pathways: Drug & Alcohol Counseling - Addiction Treatment Options